Paper-holder



W. P. STIBBS. PAPER HOLDER.

(No Model.)

INVENTOH Patented, Dec. 12, 1893.

ATTORNEYS.

SSE S UNITED STATES PATiNT OFFICE.

VILLIAM P. STIBBS, OF BELLEVILLE, NEV JERSEY.

PAPER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,721, dated December12, 1893.

Application filed January 26, 1893. Serial No. 459,865. (No modehl Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. STIBBs, of Belleville, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Paper-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact descripion.

My invention relates to an improvement in vpaper holders, and has forits object to provide a device adapted for attachment to a door frame, adoor, the side of a house, the walls of a building, or any convenientsupport, the device being especially adapted to receive and holdnewspapers, books, magazines and small parcels.

Another object of the invention is to provide a paper and parcel holderwhich, when it is opened, will sound an alarm, the alarm beingelectrically produced, and whereby the alarm will be of short durationand will be stopped after the keeper arm of the device has been openedsufficiently to admit the parcel, the alarm being produced at the firstoutward movement of the said keeper arm.

Itis another feature of theinvention to provide a means whereby whenelectrically operated door bells are employed, the same battery utilizedin the circuit of the bell may be used in the circuit in which thisdevice is located.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination oftheseveral parts, aswillbe hereinafter fullyset forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the Views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, illustrating it as appliedto a support in which the push button of an electrically-operated doorbell is located. Fig. 2 is a section taken vertically through the deviceand practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation ofthe support to which the device is attached, the support being partiallybroken away; and Fig. 4 is adetail view of the spring utilized in makingand breaking the circuit.

The device proper may be said to consist primarily of a body frame A anda keeper arm B. The body frame is adapted to be attached permanently toa support C of any description by means of screws, nails or theirequivalents; and the keeper arm at its lower end has a hinge connectionwith the body A, the hinge being controlled by a spring 10, which springacts in a manner to normally keep the upper end of the keeper arm inengagement with the body, or the keeper arm has a tendency to such anengagement. The body and the arm may be of any desired con struction,and maybe made of any approved material. Usually, however, metal isemployed. The keeper arm is generally provided with an attached knob1l,located at its upper end, to facilitate its withdrawal from the body.

Two contact points 12 and 13, are attached at opposite sides ofthe body,as shown in Fig. 3, the arms extending inward one above the other, andnormally they are spaced some distance apart, as illustrated in saidFig. 3. The inner ends of these arms are insulated in any approvedmanner, and are in connection with binding posts 14, and from each ofthe binding posts a wire 15 is projected, which wire is in batteryconnection with an alarm bell, the circuit being run in any Inannerdesired. Preferably, however, the wires 15, are made to connect with thewires 1G in battery connection with the alarm bell 17, utilized andconnected with the push button located at the door of the dwelling.

A spring tongue 18, preferably made in the shape of a fiat strip is heldto slide vertically in suitable bearings located at the back of thebody; and the lower end of this tongue is bent inward, as shown in Fig.2, and is held to slide upon a rod 19, secured to the lower contactpoint 13, preferably near the inner end of the latter. The rod 19, isencircled by a spring 20, which spring has bearing upon the foot of thespring plate or tongue 1S, and likewise upon the under surface of thecontact plate 13, so that when the spring plate 1S, is forced upward acontact is made between the two plates 12 and 13, and the circuit inwhich they are located is thereby closed and an alarm will be rung. Thespring plate or tongue 18, is elevated through the medium of a trip arm21, which is attached to the rear face of the keeper arm near the hingedconnection of the latter with the body, as shown- ICC in Fig. 2; thisarm is beveled at its outer end upon the top, and at said outer end itis of less thickness than at any other point in its length.

The tongue or plate 18, is provided with a slot 22, longitudinallyproduced therein and wider at one portion than at the other, whereby ashoulder 23, is formed. When the keeper arm is close up against the bodythe trip arm 21, passes through the slot 22 in the spring' tongue orplate 18, and the upper edge of the trip arm engages with .the shoulder23 of the spring plate.

In operation, the moment that the keeper arm is carried away from thebody, the trip arm by lengagementwith the shoulder 23 ot the springplate 18 elevates that plate and causes :an electrical contact to be`made b'etween theplates 12and 13, vand an y'alarm is sounded. When,however, the keeper arm has been opened to suchfan extent as toadmit ot'a parcel ora paper of ordinary size being placed therein, the trip armwill have been elevated to such a distance that .its reduced portionwill be presented tothe shoulder portion of the spring plate, and theshoulder of the latter will be released and the spring 19, will restorethesprin g plate to its normal position, which action will carry one otthe contact plates out of engagement with theother,.break ing thecircuit and causing the alarm tocease. It will thus be observed thatwhenthe device is rst operated an alarmwill be sounded which will notifypersons'within the dwelling thatl some one .is manipulating the device;ybut after the paper or parcelhas been `placed therein the alarm -isdiscontinued and the occupants of the dwellingare not annoyed by theconstant ringingof the bell.

The device is exceedingly usefulin preventing papers and smallparcelsfrom being blown away, and it also provides a support therefor whichwill keepvsuch articles from Vbecoming soiled.

Having thus described vmy invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a paper andparcel holder, the combination with a body and a spring controlledkeeper located in front thereof and adapted to clamp papers and the likebetween it and the said body, of a 'trip arm carried by the said keeper,a sliding plate adapted to be operated by the same, an electric circuita part of which is arranged near the body, an alarm device included inthe circuit, and means for making and breaking .the-.said circuit by themovement of the said sliding plate, as and for the 'purpose set forth.

2. In a paper and parcel holder, the combination with a body and aspring controlled keeper pivoted at its lower end tothe lfront side ofsaid body, 'of a triparm carried bythe said keeper, a vertically slidingplate adapted to be operated bythe same, lan Aelectric circuit a part ofwhich is arranged near the body, an

electric bell included in the circuit, and means for makingfand breakingthe said circuit by the movement of the said sliding plate,.as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. In a paper and'parcel holder,'the combination, with abody and contactpoints projected therefrom one below the other, and a springvcontrolledkeeper arm pivoted to thebody, of

a plate held to slide upon the body, a rod or bar projected Vfrom koneof the contact points, aplate having sliding movement upon the rod orbar, a spring `bearing against'the plateand against the contactrpointattachedto the rod and encircling the rod, and a trip arm carried bythe`keeperarin and operating to raise and to lower the plate, whereby thecontact points are carried vinto and out of engagement when thekeep'erarm is opened, as and for the purposespecitied.

' WILLIAM P. STIBBS.

Witnesses:

5J. FRED. ACKER;

C. SEDGWICK.

